...Background Sonia Sotomayor es la primera Juez Latina en la Corte Suprema. Ella es de Nueva York. Sus padres son de Puerto Rico. La madre de Sotomayor era una enfermera, y padre era trabajador de fabrica. Sotomayor leer libros de misterio, y ver programas de televisión de crimen. Esto la motivó a convertirse en juez ( (“Sonia Sotomayor Biography-Academy of Achievement”, 2017). Education Sotomayor graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School and Princeton University. While in college, Sotomayor took extra English and writing classes because the challenging curriculum caused her to make academic improvements (“Sonia Sotomayor Biography-Academy of Achievement”, 2017). In 1976, Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude and received Princeton’s highest academic honor. In 1979, she earned a Juris Doctor (J.D) degree from the Yale Law School. In 1980, Sotomayor passed the bar exam and began work as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York (“Sonia Sotomayor Biography-Academy of Achievement”, 2017). Career...
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...Sonia Sotomayor is one of our 9 Supreme Court Justices today. She is born and raised from the Bronx, New York. Born on June 25th, 1954 to Juan and Celina Baez- Sotomayor, and she is the older sibling of the two children they have. Her upbringing through childhood was pretty well off. While her mother was a nurse, her father was a tool and dye worker. Sonia’s father passed away in 1963, which left her mother behind being a single mom. Her mother’s goal while raising her two children alone was to be sure her children would be successful, she strived for this. Sonia graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx in 1972. From there, she started school at Princeton University. She got discouraged quickly while attending Princeton due to receiving a not so well-off grade on a midterm. She...
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...Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, observed during the week that included Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance was expanded in 1989 by Congress to a month long celebration (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), America celebrates the culture and traditions of those who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Sept. 15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 (not the infamous May 5th (CINCO de Mayo)) and Sept. 18, respectively. First, let’s start by...
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...Race-Based Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Remedial Purpose as a Justification for Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. The Diversity Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. The Arguments Against Affirmative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. INTRODUCTION The blockbuster race discrimination cases in recent years have all involved affirmative action and reverse discrimination. The Supreme Court has made it clear that race classifications, whether benign or invidious, will trigger rigid strict scrutiny analysis, which requires that the government prove its program is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. In 2003, the Court, in Gratz v. Bollinger,1 ruled that while student diversity in educational institutions may be a compelling interest, an affirmative action program that assigned points to applicants of minority races was unconstitutional.2 In 2007, in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1,3 it held that two public school district plans that used race-based enrollment targets for student assignments failed strict scrutiny because the districts neither proved a compelling interest, nor demonstrated that the plans were...
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...Problem The history of women and minorities in the American workforce has been shaped by diverse cultural, legal, demographic, and ethno-racial influences. African American men had to prove themselves worthy to fight alongside white Americans in past wars for the same rights. Women had to fight for their rights to work along men whether it was for paid or unpaid labor. Minorities have had to prove themselves to others to advance to a higher position. Sometimes after proving their skills and leadership abilities, the job or else the opportunity still does not get delivered. Minorities have been struggling to get notice in America for hundred of years. Many people have been paving the way for future advancement of people no matter the race, sex, or national origin. Whenever a minority has the opportunity and skills to advance in the workforce, but is not given a fair chance, this is commonly known as glass ceiling. According to the online database, Answers, glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination. This situation is in reference to the term glass ceiling because there are limitations of upward movement or advancement. The word glass comes from being transparent because the limitations are not immediately apparent and is normally an unwritten or unofficial policy. This barrier prevents large numbers of women, ethnic, and sexual minorities...
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